United Suppliers Inc. - Pac. Junction - Executive Summary |
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Risk Management Plan - Executive Summary Facility: United Suppliers, Inc. Pacific Junction, IA Contact: Mark Ryan Phone: (712) 622-8193 1. Facility Policy. The owners, management and employees of United Suppliers, Inc.(the facility) are committed to the prevention of any accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia. If an accidental release should occur, the facility is prepared to work with the Mills County LEPC, local fire department, or other authorities, to mitigate and minimize the impacts of the release to the people and the environment. 2. FACILITY INFORMATION. The primary activity at this location is the storage and blending of fertilizers for sale to Retail Agriculture Dealers and farmers. Anhydrous ammonia is received and blended into 10-34-00 fertilizer. This blending operation takes place twice a year, normally during a week in the spring and one week in the fall. This blending operation is performed by a T-Reactor. The T-Reactor process is a meth od of producing fertilizer composed of nitrogen and phosphorous. The nitrogen is supplied to the process in the form on anhydrous ammonia. Phosphorous is supplied as wet-process superphosphoric acid. Water is the other raw material and is used to dilute the plant nutrients to stable, standard grades of commercial fertilizer. The standard grades produced by this process are 10-34-00 and 11-37-00. The maximum quantity of anhydrous ammonia on hand during the blending operation would be approximately 130,000 pounds. 3. Worst-Case Scenario and Alternate Release Scenario a. The worst-case scenario would be the release of the total contents of the storage tank released as gas over a period of 10 minutes. The maximum quantity released would be 130,000 pounds, which represents the volume of the largest storage tank at 85 percent capacity as limited by design standards and administrative contols. The distance to the end point (point of dispersion to 200 parts per million, or ppm) is 1. 1 miles. b. The alternate release scenario, is a release from a break in a 3-inch transfer hose followed by release of ammonia for 2 minutes before an automatic or manual shut-off intervenes and stops the flow of ammonia. The maximum quantity released would be 28,000 pounds. The distance to the endpoint (point of dispersion to 200 ppm) is 0.6 mile. 4. Accidental Release Prevention Program The facility has been reviewed for general compliance with the provisions of "Safety Requirements for the Storage and handling of Anhydrous Ammonia, K-61.1", published by The American National Standards Institute, Inc. (ANSI), and the standards of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 29 CFR 1910.111, "Storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia". The ANSI Standard has been adopted by reference by Iowa Administrative Code Part 21-Chapter 43-Rule 43.6(200)-Standard for the storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia. The OSHA standard is referenced in this RMP Registra tion Form, see Section 8.3.(b). 5. Five-Year Accident History There have been no accidental releases of anhydrous ammonia in the past five years that: have caused any deaths, injuries or significant property damage at the facility; nor to our knowledge, has there been any releases which resulted in off-site deaths, injuries, evacuations, sheltering in place, property damage, or environmental damage. 6. Emergency Action Program. The facility has: a. a written Emergency Action Plan, in accordance with OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.38; b. provided state and local authorities with the emergency planning and community right-to-know information as required under SARA Title III (EPCRA). 7. Safety. Safety improvement is an on-going process at the facility. Periodic evaluations are performed to assess the maintenance of safe conditions. There are no additional specific safety recommendations regarding storage or use of anhydrous ammonia for implementation at this time. |